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Day 01 Arrive Kolkata

Today you are met at the Kolkata International Airport by our company executive with your name placard who would assist you to the Car and then transfer you to your pre booked Hotel
Overnight Stay at the Hotel in Kolkata

You are collected from your hotel late morning. Embark midday on your ship and sail up past the old Danish colony of Serampore to Barrackpore, land and take a walk through the cantonment past the Semaphore Tower, Government House, the Temple of Fame, and Flagstaff House, its garden housing many of the British statues removed from central Calcutta.
Overnight on board ABN Rajmahal / ABN Sukapha Cruise

Day 03 Bengal Despatch 1

Sail up to Chandernagore, a French possession until 1950, and visit the 18th century church and Dupleix’s House containing a small museum. Sail on past the old Dutch settlement of Chinsura. Land to visit the imposing Imambara at Hooghly then reboard your ship and cruise upstream leaving urban sprawl behind. Sail into the night to a mooring near Kalna.
Overnight on board ABN Rajmahal / ABN Sukapha Cruise

Day 04 Bengal Despatch 1

Land at the country town of Kalna and take cycle rickshaws to see a group of some of Bengal’s most attractive terracotta temples, as well as the unique Shiva temple with concentric rings made up of 108 shrinelets. Continue on through the countryside to Mayapur, its skyline dominated by the vast new ISKCON temple. Sail on through the night to a mooring near Matiari.
Overnight on board ABN Rajmahal / ABN Sukapha Cruise

Day 05 Bengal Despatch 1

This morning visit the brassworking village of Matiari where you can see the whole primitive process of beating out brass water pots and other vessels. Later cruise on and visit the battlefield of Plassey where in 1757 Clive’s defeat of Siraj-ud-Daulah changed the course of Indian history, finally mooring close to Murshidabad.
Overnight on board ABN Rajmahal / ABN Sukapha Cruise

Day 06 Bengal Despatch 1

Land and walk to the Khushbagh, a peaceful Moghul-style garden enclosing the tombs of Siraj-ud-Daulah and his family. Continue a little way upstream to where the Nawab’s great Hazarduari Palace, built by an English architect in 1837, dominates the waterfront. Inside are an extensive collection of pictures, china, weapons and other objects. Visit also the great Katra Mosque and drive out to two amazing buildings of the late 18th century, the Nashipara Palace and the Katgola Palace. Both were built in classical Georgian style by rich local merchants and represent the other side of the coin of the “White Moghul” period when English and Indian cultures came close to fusion. Overnight on the riverbank across from town.
Overnight on board ABN Rajmahal / ABN Sukapha Cruise

Day 07 Bengal Despatch 1

Moor at the delightful sleepy village of Baranagar with three gorgeous miniature terracotta temples to which you walk through the fields. This is rural India at its most idyllic. Continue up the Hooghly, here a charming waterway twisting and turning between banks lined with mustard fields and mango orchards. Carry on up a long canal section to a mooring close to the Farakka Barrage.
Overnight on board ABN Rajmahal / ABN Sukapha Cruise

Day 08 Bengal Despatch 1

During breakfast we cruise to a mooring by the Farakka lock. Disembark and take a full day excursion by road to Gaur, near the town of Malda, or English Bazar. This quiet, deserted place was once one of India’s great cities, first under the Hindus in 12th century, then as the muslim capital of Eastern India from the 14th to the 16th century. There are plentiful remains of mosques, palaces and gateways and you visit a number of the most interesting before rejoining the ship in the evening at Farakka.
Overnight on board ABN Rajmahal / ABN Sukapha Cruise

Day 09 Bengal Despatch 1 Farakka – Kolkata (Train)

For those taking only Bengal Despatch 1, the Historic Hugli 7-night cruise, dawn transfer to Farakka station for morning 6 hr train journey to Calcutta. Upon arrival at Kolkata Railway Station you are met and transferred to your pre booked Hotel
Overnight Stay at the Hotel in Kolkata

Day 10 Leave Kolkata

After breakfast check out from the hotel and our company executive would assist you and transfer you to the Kolkata International Airport to board flight for your onward journey.

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Just wanted to comment on our recent Golden Triangle trip. It was excellent throughout. Our driver and guide, Rishi -please excuse the spelling if incorrect, was outstanding and made the trip a great experience. He went out of his way to make sure everything on the trip was perfect. He was very knowledgeable and equally as good as the local guides in providing interesting information. Whenever we showed interest in anything as we drove between cities, he would stop and then tell us a lot more …

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Just a few lines to say thank you for organising a wonderful holiday in India.
The Deccan Odyssey brilliant!
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We had a great time.
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Gouri,
Philippa Young and I returned from our trip to India on Monday and I wanted to write and tell you what an incredible trip it was. We were both so very impressed with the meticulous care provided by our drivers, our extremely informative tour guides and the frequent contact we had with company office staff who met with us at every new stop to ensure that all was going according to plan. The drivers went out of their way to take us to places they thought we would be interested to see t…

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We just returned back from the Maharajas Express Train Journey and this is what she has to say.
The perfect way to see a large part of India without the packing and unpacking and of course “the traffic”. Just returned from a fabulous trip, thank you Rajiv for arranging all of the finer details of a once in a lifetime trip

Mrs Linda Langrish

Hi Gouri

Hope all is well with you.

We are back from our tour of Sri Lanka and break in Dubai.

We had a wonderful time in Sri Lanka and the whole tour went very well, all according to itinerary that you had arranged. Our sincere thanks also go to the driver/guide Mr Lal Mendes . He made the whole journey very memorable.

Thanks again for arranging this holiday and we would definitely contact you for our next trip abroad and if we ever decide to return to Sri Lanka , a truly wonderful place.

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Mr and Mrs Jokhiya

Hi Rajiv
Just wanted to thank you and your team for a well organised trip. Me and my partner felt very safe and supported at all destinations which was particularly a concern for us given two travelling alone. I would also like to mention and give personal thanks to Giresh our operator in Deli and our guide in Amritsar Sandy who are a credit to the overall organisation of the trip. We will be booking again next year and I look forward to getting in touch with you for our future holiday pla…

Miss Khadine Kirk

Miss Carol Duncan and Mr Charles Davidson have been travelling with Tailormade Journeys for last many years and this was their 8 Trip with us to North India , Bandhavgarh National Park and Kerala and this is what they say about us.
Hi Rajiv,
Just wanted to say thank you for arranging another great trip for us! This is our 8th trip using your company and it was the usual high standard of service. We couldn’t fault a thing everything ran like clockwork. The guides and drivers were great, all v…

Miss Carol Duncan and Mr Charles Davidson

Just to say thanks for your organisation for my last trip. All hotels were good, the Suryaa excellent.
Everything was excellent and driver as always helpful and nothing too much trouble. I enjoy traveling with Tailormade Journeys and was my 7 trip with them.
May have a trip next February with son and daughter in law.
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Jenny Ball

We wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our trip to India. From our first conversation with you until our return home.The hotel, Palace on Wheels train,and sites were exceptional. The service and warm heart of the Indian people_______________was SUPER.
The special attention that we received from our guide Girish and our driver Rishi was exceptional. They deserve a raise. I left my carry on suit case at the train and they were more upset than I was (if that was possible because we had al…

Bruno and Johnye Tarabocchia

Dear Gouri,
Just returned from our holiday in India, just a quick note to say all your recommendations and itinerary were all we could have hoped for. Your staff, drivers, and tour guides all extremely helpful and most knowledgable . l have to however pick out one person who helped to make this trip memorable. Mr Rishi. In a sea of madness he took it all in his stride. Very helpful all hours of the day. And his knowledge on the temples and places of interest we every bit as good as the gui…

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